Politics
My New Article on the Role of Mercy and Crime Victims in the Criminal Justice Process
I argue that the criminal justice actors need to listen to all crime victims ... merciful and otherwise.
Biden Thinks He Found a Student Loan Loophole
Is this latest attempt at student debt forgiveness a serious policy or a pre-election ploy?
No, Trump Did Not Endorse a Military Assault on People 'Simply Because They Oppose His Candidacy'
The former president's authoritarian tendencies are alarming enough without inventing new outrages.
The Congressmen Who Stopped Caring About War Powers After Trump Left Office
Both Democrats and Republicans who opposed war with Iran in 2020 are looking the other way while Biden unilaterally sends Americans into one.
Mark Robinson Files Frivolous Lawsuit Against CNN and a Local Musician
Due to North Carolina's lack of an anti-SLAPP law, the defendants will have to defend themselves in court.
Did Inflation Save Us From 'New Progressive Economics'?
Anti-market progressives dominate the Biden administration. Their policies also help discredit it.
Venezuela's Post-Election Crackdown Was Filled With Human Rights Abuses
The U.N. has documented killings, forced disappearances, and torture.
Meghan McCain: 'Trump Didn't Break My Brain. What's Your Excuse?'
Reason's Billy Binion speaks with political pundit and podcaster Meghan McCain.
Neal Stephenson's Polostan Is a Compact Epic About Communism, Science, and the Dawn of the Atomic Age
A short-yet-sprawling historical tour of the atomic age.
More Pronounced With the Brothers
Plus: Sinead O'Connor listening session at the Trump rally, Chinese warplanes, and more...
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris Keep Making Economically Illiterate Promises
These policies may sound good on paper—but they would be disastrous in reality.
Kamala Harris Promotes Federal Pot Legalization As a Boon to Black Men
Although the framing is a transparent political ploy, it is reassuring to see that the vice president has not abandoned her opposition to the federal ban.
GOP Despair
Plus: FEMA threat-related arrest, incentives for babymaking, "men" for Harris/Walz, and more...
The Noncitizen Voting Myth
Are noncitizens voting in U.S. elections? A Heritage Foundation database cites just 70 cases over more than 20 years.
Harris and Trump's Terrible Tax Ideas
Plus: How will the editors vote in the presidential election?
J.D. Vance Accuses Ohio's Haitians of 'Massively Violating' Zoning Laws
Instead of focusing on the ways a rollback of zoning laws could lower housing costs for everyone, Vance wants to zealously enforce zoning codes to keep Haitians out of town.
Trump's Proposed Tariffs Would Add Nearly $250 to the Price of New Gaming Consoles
Similar price hikes would hit smartphones, laptops, tablets, and televisions.
The Presidential We
How U.S. presidents habitually use—and abuse—pronouns to deceive.
Boots on the Ground
Plus: California tries to punish Musk, China's economic recovery, and more...
Secession Is Back in Style in Texas
Can't Americans all just get along? Maybe we can't—and perhaps we shouldn't have to.
How Did Immigration Politics Get So Toxic?
Changing migration patterns, outdated policy tools, and growing presidential power made it inevitable.
Democrats Refusing To Say They'd Accept a Trump Victory Aren't Helping
It's fundamentally different from what Republicans have tried to do, but similar enough to be worrisome.
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Abusive speech, criminal rioting, and Bellamy salutes.
Trump Panders to Auto Industry, Proposes Making Car Loan Interest Tax Deductible
The former president's increasingly lopsided economic policy proposals have the feel of throwing spaghetti at the wall.
To Get Through the Election, Smoke a Cigarette
This election is all about pursuing short-term political highs while willfully ignoring long-term problems. What could pair better with that than a cigarette?
Can Latinos Stomach Harris?
Plus: Possible deceptive editing from CBS, public transit discourse, Trump is not literally Hitler, and more...
Libertarian Party Secretary Files Lawsuit To Remove Party Chair Angela McArdle
The Libertarian Party National Committee, meanwhile, is seeking to remove the secretary.
Looking at Reagan Through the Lens of Trump
Max Boot's biography of Ronald Reagan is deeply researched and informative, but it sometimes stumbles when it tries to use the past to make sense of the present.
Can Differences in 'Misinformation' Sharing Explain Political Disparities in Social Media Suspensions?
A new study finds that conservatives are especially likely to share information from sources that a "politically balanced" sample of Republicans and Democrats deemed untrustworthy.
Biden and Harris' Record on Spending and Debt Is a Tragedy of Epic Proportion
When they entered the White House, the budget deficit was a pandemic-influenced $2.3 trillion, and it was set to fall to $905 billion by 2024. It's now twice what it was supposed to be.
Michael Brendan Dougherty: How Will Immigrants Reshape America?
National Review's Michael Brendan Dougherty discusses the differences between conservatives and libertarians on the issue of immigration.
Could Trump Impose More Tariffs Without Congressional Approval?
Yes. But there might be one more key opportunity to rein in presidential powers over trade.
Floridaposting
Plus: Kamala's Florida possibility, Columbia's Hamas sympathizers, and more...
If You See the Trump Biopic Before Election Day, Thank Citizens United
At its core, the oft-denigrated decision revolved around whether the government can censor information leading up to an election.
Chase Oliver on Budget Cuts, War, and Immigration
"Right now, we need to get ourselves at least to a balanced budget, and that involves cutting a lot of the third rails of American politics," the Libertarian presidential nominee tells Reason.
Kamala Harris Says She Owns a Handgun—Despite Fighting To Ban Others From Doing the Same
Journalists should be interested in interrogating this contradiction, should the 2024 presidential candidate continue giving interviews.
Will Trump or Harris Win the Working-Class Vote?
Patrick Ruffini and Ruy Teixiera talk about how the U.S. electorate has changed in the last four years.
